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Capitol Hill Addresses Visa Wait Time Issue

PCMA Convene

Travel Association estimates that visa processing delays have cost the U.S. nearly 7 million potential visitors and $12 billion in projected spending in 2023. Travel Association estimates that these delays, primarily affecting visitors from countries including Mexico, Brazil, and India, have cost the U.S. Over the summer, U.S.

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Changing Abortion Laws Create Duty-of-Care Issue for Meeting Hosts

MeetingsNet

Morals and politics aside, site selection in post-Roe America presents groups with new risk-management challenges, argues one industry lawyer. For most women, it’s safe to continue to work and travel during the first two trimesters of a pregnancy. Abortion rights is an emotional and polarizing topic.

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Hitting the Mark with Your Event RFPs

MeetingsNet

With meeting season back in full swing, hotels are busy servicing corporate and association programs while their sales teams are sifting through the requests for proposals for business events set to happen in late 2023 and throughout 2024 and beyond. We can never provide too much information,” Pearman notes.